---
id: 656cdab71161371dd6b0a401
title: Task 137
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-137
---

# --description--

The verb `be` in its different forms (`am`, `are`, `is`) is used to describe or identify. It's essential to pick the right form based on the subject.

# --question--

## --text--

Which of the following sentences is correct?

## --answers--

`Brian is a web developer.`

---

`Tom am from Texas.`

### --feedback--

`Am` is used with the first person singular (`I`).

---

`Brian are a web developer.`

### --feedback--

`Are` is not the correct form for the third person singular (`he`, `she`, `it`).

---

`They is our friends.`

### --feedback--

`Is` is not the correct form for plural subjects.

## --video-solution--

1

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "cafe.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Sophie",
        "position": { "x": 50, "y": 0, "z": 1.4 },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "1.1-4.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 9.1,
      "finishTimestamp": 11.76
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.66,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Tom, this is Brian. He's a web developer.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Sophie",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.16
    }
  ]
}
```
